T-Mobile
More to add on last posting - Avg rating only with WIFI, without WIFI, T Mobile is not as good as Verizon or ATT. Outside of Palomares, ATT / Verizon has TMobile beat by a longshot. In Palomares, Verizon was slightly better than ATT but cost more and the difference between VZ and ATT did not justify the additional cost. ATT would have coverage in a couple of rooms but had to be in a specific location of the room and had to hold the phone still. Heard Sprint did not get anything.
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My phone piggybacks off of my WIFI and gets a very decent signal through out the house and up to my property line. Without the WIFI feature, the signal sucks. Don't confuse the TMobile BB8120 with the ATT BB8120; while the ATT one advertises "enhanced coverage" with WIFI it doesn't allow calls made throught WIFI; unclear what they mean by "enhanced coverage"; their reps didn't know either. On TMovile, occasionally the cel phone service drops and re-establishes itself after a power down / up. The HO association said T-Mobile will install a new tower near the water reservoir off of Summerglen. When this happens, hopefully, Palomares Hills will finally get decent cel phone reception. This may happen in 2008; have recently seen notices posted on lamp posts on this.
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Very poor coverage. Stuttering reception. People should band together to request another antenna!
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Never a good signal on Harbor Bay. Frequent drops and constant "gerbling."
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Drops calls regularly. Previously had Motorola V3xx. Other family phones (Motorola KRAZR) work fine with 5 bars. Go figure?
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Reception is shoddy, comes and goes without me even moving. It will go from no service to three bars and then drop the call. I had Verizon last year and reception was equally bad (I suspect they share the same crappy tower). I also suspect that the majority of homes in this area have lead paint and this possibly degrades signals since Alameda just has horrible coverage all around. I guess the next thing to try is Sprint.
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I almost always can make calls, but I miss quite a few. I also only get about 1 or 2 bars in my house, yet my parents who have AT&T get great service all over the house. My girlfriend with Verizon gets great service and 5 bars. There are also some certain spots in Five Canyons and on Fairview, where if I am on the phone I am guaranteed to lose service. I don't think I ever get 5 bars unless I am on the freeway with nextel.
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Reception is terrible no matter what kind of phone I use. No signal, low signal, dropped calls - you name it.
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My 3rd floor apt is on the opposite of the building from the direction of the signal broadcast. One moment I can have 4 bars, the next the tower seems to fade entirely out - all without moving. I redial my dropped call and sometimes it takes up to 10 minutes before I have sufficient signal strength. According to Sprint's coverage maps this is supposed to be an area of "moderate" singal strength... Looking forward to switching carriers once my contract is up to have better reception.
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Bad reception all the time, I can hardly make a call, I'm thinking of going with Verizon
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